New-York tribune., 1887-11-22
THE WORLD OF LONDON.
AND CRITICISED By MR.
EDMUND YATES.

CHRoNICLED AND CRITICISED By ME-
EDMUND YATES.
| INTERVIEW WITH SIR MORRILL, MACKENZIE ADoU
| THE ILLNESS or TIN aERxAN CROWN PRINCE
-DoINGs OF THE BoYAL rAMnY-oLAs-
Cow uNrvERsrrY-rHE LADY OF THE
NUa0Er-soCIAL AND PERSONAL.
fBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE
Copyright 1887. BY TAs Hss. Fork 1rfbSns
LONDON Nov oL-Tho Queen has boon profoundly
depressed by the unfavorable news from San Remo
which IL most afhictlng to her on both public an
private grounds. Tho Crown Prince and Princes
wore firmly resolved that their rcign should be on
Of peaco and constitutional REFORM whereas Primo
William Is sort Of revival Of Frederick tho Grcat
and Is saturated with his grandfathors Holy Alliance
notions @ to tho Divine Right Of Kings Thero VII
bo no place for tho Crown Princess at her SON.
court, so that whilo in tho very primo OF lilo Till
woman Of groat talents, boundless ambition and noble
aspiration will be relegated to by no means opulen
obscurity, whilc ber daughters must sink into com
parative insignincance To those familiar with Ber
lin court politics tho situation most trssca In IT.
personal aspect while from political point OF Wow
the carly death Of the Crown Prince would bo ono o.
ho most deporable events in tho history OF Europe
have had Interview this important subject
with Sir Morell Msckenzie.
"You SPOKE" said I, "rather too confidently oi
curing your patient. II would SCENT"
"Allow mo to say" he replied. "that IS quito I'm.
true What did say was that II his disease wore
not malignant had no doubt could euro It."
"H tho operation which you prevented on your
first visit to Berlin had boon performed then, do you
suppose things would be as bad as they now arc u
"That Is . question which It Is impossible to an
swer. think 1t probable they would be Infinitely
worse. I happen to know, however, that oven II
had appeared tho scone 1t Is highly doubtful
whether tho Prince would have consented TO undergo
any cutting operation. As matter OF fsct no hoVor
know tho Germans had so drastic Q measure ID con-
temptation till no learned II accidentally from ono OF
his suite in the Highlands
PROFESSOR vIRCHOws RESPONSIBILITY.
at Is not . fact" continued Sir Morell, that I
bave at any time tried to throw tho responsibility for
my treatment Of tho any ono else's Shoulders
certainly held Professor vhchow responsible Tor his
opinion on the nature Of the growth. have siroady
told you It this opinion, ratberI should say,
authoritative decision, which determined my limo Oh
treatment and which induced tho German doctors 70
sanction It,"
"But Professor virchow says he gave no opinion
on the disease a whole?"
"Of course not He could only report on mo
corpus delic submitted to him. He laid strcss nov"
ever in all his reports on the entire absence OF any
malignant appearance anything liKcly 10 eAci'o
suspicion as to the existence OF graver disease Do
low and even delivorod lecture on the PrlnceS III
now name on the condition that should clearly e1
press its benign Character
next asked how long the case vas likeiy 10 DO
nrolonced Sir Moren looked annoyed. and answered.
rather brusquely:
"That Is q subject on which must decline 70 on
ter. I confess have becn greatly shocKeu a' .no
unseemy discussions that have been openly carried
an nm this polnt All can tell you is that the dis
ease Is essentially chronic in It's course You see'
he continued picking up plaster OF Paris mooei VI
tho larynx "this Is all solid cartage-griS'io W.
know So the disease Is more or less impriSohou anu
cannot run riot as 1t does other parts Hehce
these cases arc often almost painless as long ~ 'her'
is not an obstruction to the breath"
o,t trucp I asked " that the situation has again
oh.rocd for the worse, as the papers are saying
al havos no replied, no reason to thhk so AL
,ct the latest symptom about which much alarm haS
hn ex nresscd Is to my mind more likely to relieve
u,s IMPERIAL Highness than anything eise'"
TELLING THE PRINCE HIS FATE
aTbat must have been ewful moment when you
had 70 disclose tho real state OF things 10 THO frhoo
at was, for me. 1t is very seldom tha' "e manu- manu-
such q communication to tho patient himself ~
to friend 1t is conveyed with all sorts OF humane GU
nbem,sms. Here l had to deliver my message aoou
o,ont It was received with most perfect caimness.
The Prince after an instant Of silence, put out MS manu-
with his usual winning smile, and graspng mine, saio'
I haye been lately fearing something OF tus sor.
thank you Sir Morel, for being so frank win mo- h'
,,no, that cveuipg he was the most cheerm OF tho
marty. In all my long experience have ne'or S0on
man bear himself under similar CIRCUMSTANCES Win
such unaffected hcroism-"
MOVEMENTS OF ROYALTY.
Tho Oucen leaves BamOral Friday about and VIII
.rrva at Windsor Castle at Saturday morning, travel
ling by the usual route. The royal party dine a. fetn
,renaratons have been mado st Holyrood Palace for
thu Oueen,s reception as It understood that jter
Majesty would break the journey by passing the night
at rainburgh but the plan has been changed, as
PRINCESS Beatrice is 80 we'll there risk In her under
taking tho long run to Windsor. The Court VIII 70
move 70 Osborne on December 10 or 20.
The Prince and Princess go down to sandringham on
Wednesday take up their residence for the winter
They will be accompanied by the PrIncesses, who
have 50 entirely recovered from their recent ndisposl-
ton that stay at the seaside @
brighton or any Of tho south coast
waterpg places Is considered wholly unnecessary Their
Koyal hghnesscs will havo two house parties for the
shooting during the next fortnight. There is every
prospect OF excellent sport.
LORD STAIRS CHOICE.
Lord stair Is denounced by Gladstonians because he
gave the casting for Lord Lytton, although Lord
Roseberry had a small majority, but he followed the
examples Of former Chancecrs of Glasgow University
whom the nations have been equal. In 1s46 Words
worh had tho most votes, but the Chancellor elected
ord John Russell A fcw years lator under similar
tho present Lord Justice General OF Scot
land was preferred to Mr. Gladstone The recent rec
torai elections have been great blow to the Scotch
separatlsts especially the last, which they expected